South Elgin Opinion
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Justice finally prevails on youthful mistakeApr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - The test of any experience in the judicial system is simple enough. In the end, was the disposition fair? For a South Elgin youth first caught up in that system in 2002 ...
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Quit picking on firefighters, policeApr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - As I read the editorial about the impact of police and fire pensions, I became increasingly upset because it appears the whoever authored it was biased against public se...
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Tell whole story on firefighter groupApr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - I couldn't help but chuckle at the claims made by the Northwest Municipal Conference in its opposition to pension adjustments for a unique group of Illinois fire fighter...
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Kane transit cash talk goes from 'I want' to 'we need'Apr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Seems there's nothing quite like a big pile of somebody else's money to make politicians' eyes light up and the saliva begin to flow. "When it began to dawn on people th...
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Educators aren't just principals, teachersApr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Now comes the story of Al Weber. Weber, as Daily Herald reporter Sheila Ahern wrote last week, was not what we normally think of when we hear the word educator. He was ...
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Saturday Soapbox: Homing inApr 04, 2008 11:00 pm - Potential adopters don't have to pay an adoption fee and adoptees don't have to submit to a bunch of inoculations, but the annual Adopt-a-Cougar program is all about fin...
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Some interesting newsmakers aren't the usual newsmakersApr 02, 2008 11:00 pm - We don't always have to look to Hollywood, Washington or Wrigley Field to find people with the most-interesting or even most influential lives. Where do you go to meet t...
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Cheerleaders should be seen as athletesApr 02, 2008 11:00 pm - Tah, Rah, Rah! Hawk, Hawk, Hawk! W-M-S! Boom, Boom, Boom! Aaaaaaahhh!!! Wredling! Wredling! Wredling! Is this all that cheerleaders are? I believe cheerleading is a spor...
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Thanks for helping out on book programApr 01, 2008 11:00 pm - The Gowithbooks Organization Baton Rouge, which is a non-profit organization working to improve student performance in public schools by instituting systemic change, wou...
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Matter of fairness on hookah loungeMar 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Cultures, health issues and the finer points of the law clashed over smoking lounges in Schaumburg last week. In the end, common sense won a narrow victory -- but it was...